21 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1902
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment lists ages and children's and adults clothing prices. It mentions suits priced at 6.50 and 1.00, with various quantities such as 250 suits and multiple figures like 1.85 1.10 1.35 1.65 2.00. The line seems to reflect inventory pricing rows with codes like 25 and 49 alongside numbers such as 98.
J M Hughes and Frank McCrokey served on the petit jury in the Circuit Court in Decatur last week. J P Walling attends county court as a petit juryman this week. T W Spain visited Decatur on business for several days. Mrs Viola Wilson visited her parents Mr and Mrs T W Spain Saturday and Sunday. Vizzie Hilmes hosted an entertainment for friends Friday night. Mrs Mary Harris improves after illness. Fayette Hughes of Birmingham spent days here buying cattle. Mrs Sallie Drake visited Hart selle last week. D W McGlathery of Falkville and Miss Jennie Byrnum of Cedars wed last Wednesday. Prof Sam Nuon of Cedars teaching at Cedar Point. Deputy Sheriff J M Jackson in the vicinity on official business. Charlie Robertson and Ples Alford visited Hart selle last week. B M Smith vies for County Commissioner in two years, traveled to Falkville Saturday. Marvin St John at Tapscotts gunnery visited home nursing a sprained arm. D P McGlathery went to Somerville Saturday. Howard Smith, L N depot worker at Falkville, visited home Sunday. C F Spain went to Mt Tabor last Sunday.
Boosting health and beauty fears, the ad touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery as cures for irregularities, draining weakness, and inflammation. Mrs Emma L Bankes testifies to six years of relief from female weakness, with free medical advice and mail-order book offers from Buffalo New York.
An advertisement extols Cuticura skin cure and resolvent pills as speedy permanent care for itching burning and disfiguring skin conditions. It promotes use for hair loss baby rashes and general toilet needs with details on world-wide sale and British and French depots. Social Problems series addressed by Hr Clare targets laboring men with talks on temperance gambling and municipal government ethics.
In a border town case a lawyer from the East asked to charge the jury. The judge replied he never does shidab anything, saying the jurors don’t know much and let them have all they can make. The Washington Post printed the incident from stories by Congressmen.
Manager Littlejohn announces the appearance next Saturday night November 22 of The James Boys a famous sensational play. The Sol Brannign production drew packed houses in Little Rock and critics praised its dramatic plot based on Jesse and Frank James ensuring a strong box office at the opera house.
A touring theatrical company visits an Indiana town for a one week engagement. The tramp, revealed as a former leading man in Two Orphans, fills in for a deceased actor in Elmer Walters' A Millionaire Tramp. The play unfolds with dramatic backstage and onstage scenes, shown at the opera house Monday, Nov. 24.
A tense confrontation ends with two men locking in a deadly embrace and being placed in a padded apartment. The overheated exchange escalates from insinuations about hoodoo to a violent scene witnessed by friends.
Ayer’s Hair Vigor promises thicker longer darker hair. The ad urges purchases at druggists or by mail from J C Ay Co Lowell Mass with one dollar plus postage and asks for the nearest dispensing location.
A reflective piece contrasts sweetness with popular taste and notes bartenders endure hard cases in spirited talk. It asserts the game of life favors the wise and warns youthful dreams may sour with age. It ends with a quip on personal axe grinding and hurtful consequences.
Long drop earrings are in vogue this season with ribbon flowers decorating hair and bodices. Norfolk suits in rich brown corduroy are handsome. Draped girdles boleros and tinted brims on shirred chiffon bonnets charm children. Fancy braids rise in popularity. One dress features fifteen foot rows. Pale blue and apple green dominate evening wardrobes.
A reflective meditation on the futility of dwelling on what could have been and how persistent seeking the unattainable distracts from acceptable goals. The passage notes human wisdom offers only speculation about natural processes and cautions against chasing impossible aims.
An advertisement touts Vinci as a cure for coated tongue and morning sickness like headaches and liver complaints. It promises other benefits from Vintax for digestion and urges readers to try Vincl with a money back guarantee and mail order availability through O. B. Cartwright, druggist.
Fragment discusses people forcing entry, fearing ridicule, hiding devout beliefs, reacting with anger to trivial remarks, and keeping home affairs private, as quoted in the Philadelphia Bulletin.
A compilation notes that 2 760 languages exist, a square mile holds 640 acres, envelopes began in 1839, telescopes emerged in 1590, and a barrel of ace weighs 600 pounds.
A vintage dairy proverb notes butter churns with a penny and links to Scott's Emulsion as a trusted tonic for frail children. It claims the product is a milklike cod liver oil preparation with hypophosphites, easily accepted by kids and perfectly suited to delicate stomachs.
A humorous poem from Somerville Massachusetts jokes about taking a lover on a gasoline powered flying machine. It blends romance with risky tech optimism and ends with a playful warning of crashing together.
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